443#4c (VDOT) VDOT - Limited Access Roads. HB5002 - Conference Report

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2006 Special Session I

Budget Amendments - HB5002 (Conference Report)

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Item 443 #4c

Item 443 #4c
Transportation
Department Of Transportation

Language
Page 378, after line 47, insert:
“E. Under the direction of the Commonwealth Transportation Board, the department shall develop a legislative proposal for the 2007 Session of the General Assembly to establish a comprehensive limited access management program. The proposal shall include the goals of such a program and the process for developing and amending a comprehensive access management plan, including the review of requests by localities or regional authorities to alter the level of service for any transportation facility constructed under the Primary Construction Program beginning July 1, 2007.”

Explanation
(This amendment directs the CTB and VDOT to develop a comprehensive limited access management program. This is a START Task Force recommendation dealing with concern that unlimited access causes deterioration of a new road's service level.)

Item 443

Item 443	First Year - FY2007	Second Year - FY2008
Highway System Acquisition and Construction (60300)	$1,972,525,260	$1,688,525,260
Dedicated and Statewide Construction (60302)	FY2007 $604,772,591	FY2008 $462,772,591
Interstate Construction (60303)	FY2007 $518,638,664	FY2008 $472,638,664
Primary Construction (60304)	FY2007 $316,604,835	FY2008 $235,604,835
Secondary Construction (60306)	FY2007 $234,516,864	FY2008 $234,516,864
Urban Construction (60307)	FY2007 $201,098,346	FY2008 $186,098,346
Highway Construction Program Management (60315)	FY2007 $96,893,960	FY2008 $96,893,960
Fund Sources:
General	FY2007 $284,000,000	FY2008 $0
Commonwealth Transportation	FY2007 $1,680,317,806	FY2008 $1,680,317,806
Trust and Agency	FY2007 $8,207,454	FY2008 $8,207,454

Authority: Title 33.1, Chapter 1; Code of Virginia; Chapters 8, 9, and 12, Acts of Assembly of 1989, Special Session II

A.1. Included within the amount for Dedicated and Statewide Construction is $142,000,000 the first year from the general fund to provide the required match not otherwise available from other Commonwealth revenues for the 154 Congressionally-designated projects included in P.L. 109-59 of the 109th Congress. Such funds shall be deposited into the Transportation Trust Fund and used to advance these projects in accordance with federal laws, guidance, and/or regulations. Upon federal notification and/or approval, the Director, Department of Planning and Budget, shall transfer the appropriation to the managing state agency. From this appropriation of $142,000,000 from the general fund, an amount estimated at $26,100,000 shall be transferred to the Department of Rail and Public Transportation to provide the match for 33 Congressionally-designated rail and transit projects.

2. Included in this Item for Interstate Construction is $30,000,000 the first year from the general fund to complete the funding for the construction of the I-264/64 Interchange and $16,000,000 to complete the funding for phases 1 and 2 of IDEA 66 on Interstate 66 westbound. The advancement of such construction projects were congressionally designated in P.L. 109-59 of the 109th Congress. As stated in such law, current levels of federal investment are not sufficient to complete construction of critical transportation projects that will improve a region's economic productivity.

3. Included in this Item for Primary Construction is $36,000,000 the first year from the general fund to complete the funding for construction of the Coalfields Connector, a project congressionally designated in P.L. 109-59 of the 109th Congress. Also included in Primary Construction is $45,000,000 the first year from the general fund for the construction of the Hillsville Bypass. Construction of the Bypass will create improved transportation access to further facilitate the economic opportunities created by port facilities located within the Commonwealth.

4. Included in this Item for Urban Construction is $15,000,000 the first year from the general fund to complete the funding for construction of the grade separations and rail relocations along Route 164, a congressionally designated project in P.L. 109-59 of the 109th Congress. Such construction will also create improved transportation access to further facilitate the economic opportunities created by port facilities located within the Commonwealth.

B. Notwithstanding the amounts specified in § 33.1-75.1 C and D of the Code of Virginia, $15,000,000 the first year and $15,000,000 the second year from the Commonwealth Transportation Fund shall be allocated to localities for secondary road revenue sharing.

C. Notwithstanding § 33.1-23.1 of the Code of Virginia, the net proceeds from the lease or sale of surplus and residue property purchased under this program shall be applied to the system and locality where the residue property is located. This funding shall be provided as an adjustment to the allocations distributed to the systems and localities according to § 33.1-23.1 of the Code of Virginia.

D. The Department is authorized to use any unexpended funds from the Harrisonburg Bypass project for preliminary engineering for improvements to Port Republic Road and Stone Spring Road in Rockingham County. Expenditures under this appropriation shall not diminish current or future secondary road allocations for Rockingham County.